Ah, well, time for another story!
"Yay! It's Karri-Karri's turn!" A rather hyperactive teen, Suigashi Karri, jumped onto the shoulders of the Narrator, smiling widely. "Karri-Karri's story is very fun, very very fun! Lots of games, even fighting! Karri-Karri's good a jujitsu and at gymnastics! And romance when Karri-Karri finds MonMon-chan! Karri-Karri even gets to go to the Seireitei!"
Why do I have a feeling this story is going to kill me...?
A flash of pink skipped into the class room, as Karri hummed to herself. It was the start of the new semester and the fifteen year old was feeling fantastic, just like the start of every semester. Actually, she seemed to be happy all the time, but for some reason the beginning of anything seemed to make her even more chipper. "Good morning, Tatsuki-chan! Chizuru-chan! Ryo-chan! Mahana-chan! Michiru-chan!" She stopped bouncing, finally taking notice of the friend who'd just walked through the door. "Hime-chan! Where've you been?! Karri-Karri missed you!"
The bosomy teen smiled sweetly at her. "Good morning, Karri-chan! I've missed you too."
"I've missed you too, my beautiful Hime-chan!" Chizuru shouted, attempting to bury her face into the large chest of Orihime's.
"Stop! Pervert!" Tatsuki was quick to stop Chizuru, and pummel her to the ground.
"Karri-Karri was lonely over summer, everybody seemed to be too busy for Karri-Karri!" The small girl pouted, crossing her arms and sitting on her desk.
The orange haired girl frowned slightly. "I'm sorry, Karri-chan..." She took a moment to study her classmate. "...Is something different about you? Something seems different, but I can't quite place my finger on it..."
"Hehehe, you noticed! Karri-Karri's hair isn't green anymore! It's pink! And, Karri-Karri grew it out! Do you like it?" She asked, running her hands through her messy, long, hot pink hair.
The older teen nodded. "It's very cute! I didn't know you were going to change your hair again..."
The two idly conversed for a bit as the last of the students made their way into the class. Ichigo was one of the last to show up, and he was quickly greeted by a tackle from the overactive female. "Berry-chan! You made it! Karri-Karri didn't see you around either!"
The frustrated teen shoved her off. "Karri, what're you doing? You're almost as bad as my dad!"
"Where's the neighborly love, Berry-chan? You're being so cold!" Karri pouted, staring up at him with large, honey coloured eyes.
Their moment was cut off, however, when the teacher, Misato Ochi, entered the classroom. "Alright, everyone settle down and get into your seats."
Obediently taking her seat, Karri settled for dosing in and out of that days lecture. Living next to Ichigo proved to be rather interesting, especially when it came to his late night adventures. Though he'd never actually known about it, the pink haired girl had followed him on countless occasions. Going along to watch him fight hallows, have his late night meetings with strange friends, talking with ghosts, and all his other strange activities. Yes, Karri could see ghosts, hallows, and shinigami too. She didn't have any specific sort of powers that she knew about, but in Ichigo's absence she did actually take down one rather weak hallow. Though, generally, she did try to keep herself out of all that trouble.
"Karri? Wake up!" Tatsuki yelled, thwacking her sleeping friend hard on the head.
The poor girl was so startled that she actually fell out of her chair. "Karri-Karri was awake! Karri-Karri just didn't hear the question...What? What's everyone so excited about?"
Crowding around the window along with everyone else, she watched as Ichigo clothes-lined a red head into some bushes. "Who was that? And what the hell does Ichigo think he's doing?!" The tomboyish teen muttered.
The pink haired girl giggled. "Hehehe! Looks like Berry-chan's making friends!"
"Alright, everyone sit down!" Misato called, attempting to get her class under control. Eventually she had everyone in their seats, even Ichigo and his extremely strangely dressed 'cousin' were seated.
Karri was finding herself quite distracted by this new addition to her class. "He kind of looks like a monkey..." She mused to herself, fiddling with her pencil as her eyes scanned him over and over again. "A monkey that got dressed in the dark...Karri-Karri knows that's not Berry-chan's cousin. Karri-Karri knows that's not a real human either. But, Karri-Karri wonders, who is he then?"
Karri, will you just sit still?!
Karri squirmed uncomfortably. "But Karri-Karri wants to go do something! Karri-Karri hates sitting still!!"
As school let out, Karri bounced over to Ichigo and his mysterious new friend. "Berry-chan! Why didn't you tell Karri-Karri your cousin was in town? And how come Karri-Karri's never seen him until now?"
"Heh, Berry-chan..." The tattooed man snickered.
The orange haired boy sighed frustratedly, muttering something under his breath. "Karri, this is Abarai Renji. He doesn't get the chance to come out that often." He then turned to Renji. "Renji, this is Suigashi Karri, she's been my neighbor for as long as I can remember."
She continued bouncing on her heels for a moment, scanning over the red head's features. "We'll you both do have the same facial expression!" A large grin spread across her own features. "But you look more like a monkey! MonMon-chan!"
"I do not!!" Renji shouted, a blush covering his cheeks that could almost rival the colour of his hair.
"Heh, MonMon-chan..." Ichigo snickered right back.
"You two aren't cousins." The pink haired girl stated, spinning in small circles.
Renji looked over at her nervously. "What're you talking about?"
Stopping her spinning, Karri stared kindly at him, cocking her head to the side. "It's obvious! Aside from face shape and expression, nothing about you two is the same. Different eye shapes, different builds, different hair, different everything! People would have to be idiots not to see it. Karri-Karri saw it right away! But it's okay, Karri-Karri's not gonna tell anyone else, 'cause Karri-Karri likes MonMon-chan!"
The younger male nodded, while the elder simply watched the strange girl with a confused expression. "Alright, Karri."
The three began walking towards where Karri and Ichigo's homes were. "Y'know, Yuzu-chan really missed you, Berry-chan..." The pink haired girl stated. "Karin-chan too, but she didn't show it as much. Yuzu-chan was nice enough to make sure Karri-Karri was eating well, and she would tell Karri-Karri of her troubles. Berry-chan shouldn't just leave his family like that..." She scolded, waggling her finger in his face.
"...Yeah, I know." He sighed quietly.
Karri skipped happily in between the shinigami and shinigami substitute. "We should all have dinner together!"
Though he was beginning to adjust to her strange behavior, Renji was still a bit thrown off by the idea off dinner at her house. "Huh?"
She grabbed his arm and spun him in a small circle with her. "A big celebration dinner! For having Berry-chan back, and meeting you, MonMon-chan!" Continuing to spin, she released his arm. "It'll be fun! And you can have your family come over too, Berry-chan! Tell them to come to Karri-Karri's home!"
"Karri--" Ichigo's attempts to decline were cut short as Karri continued.
"Karri-Karri's been very lonely since Tanaka-san left. 'Kaa-san hasn't called in a long time either and Karri-Karri doesn't know anything about Otou-san, so Karri-Karri will like having people around!" She smiled sweetly at the two of them.
"Alright, we'll be there." Renji spoke up, staring down at her.
Her features brightened even more, if that were possible, as she hugged him from the side. "Yay! Thank you, MonMon-chan! Karri-Karri's so excited! Karri-Karri will go ahead and get things started!"
The two watched as the hyperactive girl ran off ahead of them, landing a few flips and cartwheels as she went. "Ah, dammit, I was really hoping to just get home..." Ichigo mumbled.
"Eh, you should be more social anyway." Renji grinned, nudging the shinigami substitute as they continued walking.
The orange haired boy nudged his friend back in reply. "Shut up. So why do you wanna go over to her place anyway?"
"I just thought it'd be rude to turn down her offer, a free meal is always nice. It's no big deal..." Though he was saying it was no big deal, the light tint of pink on his cheeks told another story.
Despite himself, Ichigo bit back a comment. Shrugging to himself, he stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Well, just hurry up then."
The red head nodded, quickening his pace a bit. "Right."
"Uwah! Karri-Karri's so excited!!" Karri cheered, doing a quick back flip as she danced around the room.
I couldn't tell...Looks like you'll have a busy night.
"Yup!" She nodded, skipping in circles around the Narrator. "Even with Tanaka-san gone, Karri-Karri thinks she can manage! Karri-Karri's been cleaning up after herself and cooking her own meals all summer! But Karri-Karri still misses her Tanaka-san."
Well, now you can cook other peoples meals too.
"Will Narrator-chan want some too?"
...No, I think I'm good...